Reno Motorcycle Club drag races
ClosedClosed No longer racing, but some of the track is still there.
- Motorcycle drag races held as a March of Dimes benefit
- Raced
- 1954
- State
- Nevada
- What's left
- A good length of the old track surface is still there, in poor to good condition.
- First race
- January 31, 1954
- Location
- Foot of the Old Geiger Grade Road, about eleven miles south of Reno
- People
- AMA-Reno Motorcycle Club, sponsor (1954)
- Nevada Trail Blazers, sponsor (1954)
- Elevation
- 5,909 ft (1,801 m)
- Coordinates
- 39.37822, -119.69194
On January 31, 1954, the AMA-Reno Motorcycle Club and the Nevada Trail Blazers sponsored motorcycle races, drag races among them, at the foot of the Old Geiger Grade Road about eleven miles south of Reno. There was no admission charge, and donations went to the March of Dimes.
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